Period
Ayutthaya period
1351 – 1767
Royal capital for more than four centuries and a great trading port open to merchants from Asia and Europe.
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- 10th–13th centuryKhmer period (Lopburi)0 entries
- 1238 – 1438Sukhothai period0 entries
- 1292 – 1775Lanna period0 entries
- 1351 – 1767Ayutthaya period5 entries
- 1767 – 1782Thonburi period1 entry
- 1782 – presentRattanakosin period26 entries
Buddhism, religions and spiritualities
Buddhist temple
Bangkok (Bangkok Yai)
Wat Arun
From Taksin’s palace to the great building campaigns of the Chakri kings, Wat Arun bears witness to the ties between kingship, architecture and the history of Bangkok.
Buddhism, religions and spiritualities
Buddhist temple
Bangkok (Phra Nakhon)
Wat Pho
Founded in the Ayutthaya period and later refounded by the first kings of the Chakri dynasty, the royal monastery of Wat Pho brings together worship, dynastic memory and the transmission of knowledge, from inscriptions on stone to traditional massage.
Arts, aesthetics and creation
Museum
Ayutthaya (Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya)
Ayutthaya Gold Treasure Exhibition Building
Born of the looting of a royal crypt in the 1950s, the Ayutthaya Gold Treasure Exhibition Building has, since 2022, brought together the gold of royalty, offerings to the Buddha and relics from the great monuments of the former capital.
Cities, territories and cultural landscapes
Neighbourhood & district
Bangkok (Samphanthawong)
Samphanthawong District
From the relocation of the Teochew merchants in 1782 to the gold shops of Yaowarat Road, Bangkok’s Chinatown follows the history of the capital step by step.
Buddhism, religions and spiritualities
Buddhist temple
Bangkok (Pom Prap Sattru Phai)
Wat Saket (Golden Mount Temple)
From monastery of epidemics to hill of relics, Wat Saket (Golden Mount Temple) tells how a failed building project became one of the symbols of Bangkok.